Ladies first...

Colombia is part of LatinAmerica, a region formerly known as a very machist part of the world. During past years the whole region has fallen in awareness of the importance of giving to women the space they deserve in the society. Deny their spaces is going against the competitiveness of the country, since women represent 50% of population and even more in most of the latinamerican countries.

On the last report of World Bank about Gender Empowerment Colombia was placed at No.21 amongst 140 countries being the No.1 in LatinAmerica and 2nd in the whole Americas after Canada.

In Colombia 36% of the chief executives of the companies are women, 4 out of the 6 ministers are women, 30% of the whole senate are women, 50,2% of the labour force is composed by women and women earn 86% of men's salary, the highest rate in Latin America.

"Ladies first"... a typical phrase denoting gentlemen moods... gender equality. Are these formalities needed when there is a long path to walk in front of us? We are the first country in LatinAmerica in gender empowerment but we still seeing the awful data about violence against women in Colombia. Can you imagine how it is in the rest of the region and in other regions where the situation of women is getting even worse day by day?...

Colombia still has lots to do. Gender equality is focused on specific groups of the society, as everything in this country. The richer woman you are, the more equal and important you are.

Let's give the woman her space in society. Equal but not the same. We are women and men, different but equal in rights. Let's make it equal for every single woman in the country. They don't need to be "first", they need to have the same chances.